The second section of the proforma consists of assessment of health and nutritional status of the mother. It aims at establishing any direct relation between the maternal health and development of ITS like picture in their children. Mother's dietary history will be taken to find out whether the maternal diet is lacking in Vitamin B12 and folate. A targeted neurological examination will be done to look for neurological manifestations of vitamin B12 deficiency in form of posterior column tract sensation and presence of peripheral neuropathy. A lab estimation of maternal Vitamin B12,folate and homocysteine levels will also be done and recorded.